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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

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I was curious about moving up the engineering management ladder eventually, but I assumed a VP opportunity would be out of reach for a long time, if ever. We share a lot of experience with metrics and monitoring technologies, although she kind of despises them and I feel a profound affection for them.

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What it’s like to be a backend engineer at Netlify

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But did you know that a big chunk of Netlify’s engineering team is in the backend? These fine folks architect the scalable build system workflows, edge routing, telemetry, metrics, account management, lambda functions, and so much more that everything depends on.

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How to Effectively Lead High-Performing Engineering Teams

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Fostering a healthy engineering culture. Charity and James also talked about how the right organizational culture fosters a ——and, combined with the right tooling (aka observability)—the teams that embrace both generally lead the pack when it comes to higher performance. . Engineering Manager, Slack . “It’s